Macbeth Remixed | 3: The Myth of the Witches

Duration: 14'05''

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Series comparing the known historical facts about Macbeth with Shakespeare's dramatisation. Boiling up trouble for the would-be king in their cauldron, how did the witches become part of the myth?

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